Country size comparison
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Japan is about 2.2 times bigger than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 119% larger than Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (117.5 million more people live in Japan).
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